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ARTIFACTS COLLECTION SUBGROUP: PLATES & MUGS CATEGORY SCOPE & CONTENT The Plates and Mugs Category consists of forty plates, coffee cups, and beer steins made from ceramic, glass or pewter. Dating from 1962 to 2002, most of the artifacts in the category pertain to John Glenn's careers with NASA and the U.S. Senate. The collection does contain three items presented to Glenn to commemorate events he attended after his retirement from the U.S. Senate in January 1999. Of note in this sub-category is the glass Glenn received at a Circumnavigators Club dinner in 2001 honoring him with the club's Order of Magellan. Many of the items in
the NASA sub-category commemorate John Glenn's
Friendship 7 space flight in 1962. Most of these
commemorative items are ceramic plates produced by
commercial firms, though the collection does contain one
ceramic plate hand-crafted by a schoolchild. Other
items commemorate Glenn's return to space as a
crewmember of the Space Shuttle Discovery mission
STS-95. In addition, the NASA sub-category contains a
few souvenir type items pertaining to NASA's Apollo
Program of the late 1960s.
The majority of the items in the Senate sub-category are coffee cups and plates pertaining to policy issues or events for which John Glenn held a particular interest during his senate career. Other cups and plates concern events or places in Ohio. Also included are a few items displayed in Glenn's senate office relating to his interests outside the political arena, such as baseball and the U.S. Marine Corps. |
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A listing of the
artifacts in the Plates & Mugs Category is available
through the Descriptive Listing link below. To view
photographs of the plates and mugs click on the Photo
Gallery link. |
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